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Why Trump Doesn't Trust Jobs Revisions, While Economists Do | WSJ
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4:50Now PlayingPresident Trump fired the head of the Bureau of Labor Statistics because of revisions to the jobs number. The jobs reports usually have revisions as a result of companies delayed response times and other factors, but why were the recent revisions so large?
WSJ explores how the BLS collects data, why the recent revisions were so dramatic and what lies ahead for BLS data.
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